[Foundation-l] Native American Tribes Policy

Ray Saintonge saintonge at telus.net
Tue May 15 23:53:05 UTC 2007


Thomas Dalton wrote:

>>You call them "diploma mills". The proposed policy did not state they
>>could not have article, only that they had to be tagged as not federally
>>recognized.
>>    
>>
>If they are not federally recognised, then the article should say they
>are not federally recognised. That's just a matter of including
>relevant information in an article. It doesn't need a policy or a tag.
>
Saying that they are "not" recognized is stating a negative.  Such a 
statement needs to be substantiated because it could be libellous if 
it's wrong; saying nothing needs no verification.

Ec




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